Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.

Title

Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.

Description

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This book examines the relation between religion and jurisprudence, God, and peace respectively. It argues that in order to elucidate the possible role religion can play in the contemporary world, it is useful to analyse religion by associating it with other concepts. Why peace? Because peace is probably the greatest promise made by religions and the greatest concern in the contemporary world. Why jurisprudence? Because, quoting Kelsens famous book Peace through Law
, peace is usually understood as something achievable by international legal instruments. But what if we replace
Peace through Law
with
Peace through Religion
? Does law, as an instrument for achieving peace, incorporate a religious dimension? Is law, ultimately, a religious and normative construction oriented to peace, to the protection of humanity, in order to keep humans from the violence of nature? Is the hope for peace rational, or just a question of faith? Is religion itself a question of faith or a rational choice? Is the relatively recent legal concept of
responsibility to protect
a secular expression of the oldest duty of humankind? The book follows the structure of interdisciplinary research in which the international legal scholar, the moral philosopher, the philosopher of religion, the theologian, and the political scientist contribute to the construction of the necessary bridges. Moreover, it gives voice to different monotheistic traditions and, more importantly, it analyses religion in the various dimensions in which it determines the authors' cultures: as a set of rituals, as a source of moral norms, as a universal project for peace, and as a political discourse.

Publisher

Springer,

Date

Contributor

Bunikowski, Dawid.
Puppo, Alberto.
SpringerLink (Online service)

Relation

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-35484-8

Format

1 online resource (xii, 297 p.)

Language

eng

Type

a

Access Rights

Publisher's Web site. Access restricted to the University of Catania community.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-35484-8 doi

ISBN

9783030354831 (print)
3030354849
9783030354848 (electronic bk.)
9783030354831 (print)

Series

Law and Religion in a Global Context Ser. ; v.2
Law and Religion in a Global Context ; v. 2

Citation

“Why religion? : towards a critical philosophy of law, peace and God / Dawid Bunikowski, Alberto Puppo, editors.,” Lex e-books - Collana, accessed November 25, 2024, https://epub.unict.it/omeka/items/show/739.